2026 Jeffery R. Wickens: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	49	5899	5427	190	179	155	11830

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Neuroscience

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11830

Overview

Jeffery R. Wickens is affiliated with the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology in Japan. Their research primarily revolves around the field of Neuroscience, with 49 publications contributing to this area. They have a strong focus within the subfields of Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Neurology.

Their work covers a variety of topics, notably including:

Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Neural dynamics and brain function
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Jeffery R. Wickens include:

Brian I. Hyland
Mayank Aggarwal
Lior Matityahu
Naomi Gilin
Yara Atamna

Jeffery R. Wickens publishes regularly in venues such as:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
European Journal of Neuroscience
Nature Communications
Molecules
Journal of Neuroscience

Notable recent papers include:

"Coincidence of cholinergic pauses, dopaminergic activation and depolarisation of spiny projection neurons drives synaptic plasticity in the striatum," 2022, Nature Communications
"Acetylcholine waves and dopamine release in the striatum," 2023, Nature Communications
"Striatal Cholinergic Signaling in Time and Space," 2022, Molecules
"The Effect of Serotonin Receptor 5-HT1B on Lateral Inhibition between Spiny Projection Neurons in the Mouse Striatum," 2021, Journal of Neuroscience
"An On-Demand Drug Delivery System for Control of Epileptiform Seizures," 2022, Pharmaceutics

Best Publications

A cellular mechanism of reward-related learning

John N. J. Reynolds;Brian I. Hyland;Jeffery R. Wickens

1066
Citations
Dopamine-dependent plasticity of corticostriatal synapses

John N. J. Reynolds;Jeffery R. Wickens

672
Citations
Neurobiology of ADHD.

Gail Tripp;Jeffery R. Wickens

635
Citations
Dopamine Cells Respond to Predicted Events during Classical Conditioning: Evidence for Eligibility Traces in the Reward-Learning Network

Wei-Xing Pan;Robert Schmidt;Jeffery R. Wickens;Brian I. Hyland

505
Citations
Dopamine D-1/D-5 Receptor Activation Is Required for Long-Term Potentiation in the Rat Neostriatum In Vitro

J.N.D. Kerr;J. R. Wickens

445
Citations
Dopamine reverses the depression of rat corticostriatal synapses which normally follows high-frequency stimulation of cortex In vitro

J.R. Wickens;A.J. Begg;G.W. Arbuthnott

436
Citations
Chronic dopaminergic stimulation in Parkinson's disease: from dyskinesias to impulse control disorders

Valerie Voon;Pierre-Olivier Fernagut;Jeff Wickens;Christelle Baunez

429
Citations
Research review: dopamine transfer deficit: a neurobiological theory of altered reinforcement mechanisms in ADHD.

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397
Citations
Inhibitory interactions between spiny projection neurons in the rat striatum.

Mark J. Tunstall;Dorothy E. Oorschot;Annabel Kean;Jeffery R. Wickens

369
Citations
Dopaminergic Mechanisms in Actions and Habits

Jeffery R. Wickens;Jon C. Horvitz;Rui M. Costa;Simon Killcross

359
Citations
Space, time and dopamine

Gordon W. Arbuthnott;Gordon W. Arbuthnott;Gordon W. Arbuthnott;Jeff Wickens;Jeff Wickens

346
Citations
Timing is not Everything: Neuromodulation Opens the STDP Gate

Verena Pawlak;Jeffery R Wickens;Alfredo Kirkwood;Jason N D Kerr

340
Citations
Neural mechanisms of reward-related motor learning.

Jeffery R Wickens;John N J Reynolds;Brian I Hyland

327
Citations
A Theory of the Striatum

J. Wickens

227
Citations
Computational models of the basal ganglia: from robots to membranes.

Kevin Gurney;Tony J. Prescott;Jeffery R. Wickens;Peter Redgrave

214
Citations
Regulation of Action-Potential Firing in Spiny Neurons of the Rat Neostriatum In Vivo

J. R. Wickens;C. J. Wilson

208
Citations
Striatal dopamine in motor activation and reward-mediated learning : steps towards a unifying model

J Wickens

202
Citations
Striatal contributions to reward and decision making: making sense of regional variations in a reiterated processing matrix.

Jeffery R. Wickens;Jeffery R. Wickens;Christopher S. Budd;Brian I. Hyland;Gordon W. Arbuthnott;Gordon W. Arbuthnott

199
Citations
Dopamine and synaptic plasticity in the neostriatum

Gordon W Arbuthnott;Carolyn A Ingham;J R Wickens

186
Citations
Substantia nigra dopamine regulates synaptic plasticity and membrane potential fluctuations in the rat neostriatum, in vivo.

J.N.J Reynolds;J.R Wickens

179
Citations
Sequentially Switching Cell Assemblies in Random Inhibitory Networks of Spiking Neurons in the Striatum

Adam Ponzi;Jeff Wickens

159
Citations